A VIEW OF THE SALFATARA. A REMARKABLE MOUNTAIN NEAR NAPLES WHICH CONTINUALLY SENDS FORTH STREAMS OF SMOKE, WHERE SULPHUR AND ALLUM IS MADE OF THE EARTH.
A View of the Salfatara. a remarkable mountain near Naples which continually sends forth streams of smoke, where Sulphur and Allum is made of the Earth.
Copper plate engraving. c.1744.
Image size 7 x 9 5/8" (17.8 x 24.5 cm)
Good condition. B/W LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 99741
Price: $125.00 Publisher : Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill De Bois fecit. (Engraver). Printed by John Bowles.
Solfatara is a volcanic crater at Pozzuoli which is a part of the Campi Flegrei volcanic area. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - Europe